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Today is Repeal Day, in which we celebrate this date (December 5) in 1933 when Utah became the final state needed for a majority to ratify the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus ending Prohibition in the U.S. To commemorate the day, today’s Advent beer is a Christmas … Continue reading
It’s still (barely) October, so I thought I’d share reviews on a handful of Oktoberfest beers I’ve had over the past month. No, it’s not even close to how many fresh hop beers I got my hands on, but these lagers are the other sublime brews of the season, and … Continue reading
Here’s kind of an amazing story on COVID-19 pandemic support with an angle I wouldn’t have foreseen: California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing is able to help a local hospital with coronavirus testing by producing viral transport medium in its lab. Here’s the press release the company issued yesterday: Sierra Nevada Brewing … Continue reading
The beer industry is abuzz with the news that Sierra Nevada Brewing just made its first-ever brewery acquisition, that of Sufferfest Beer Company of San Francisco. Readers of this blog might remember the name Sufferfest from a relatively recent post I wrote reviewing two of their beers. Sufferfest is a … Continue reading
By any measure that I could see, the Bend Resilience Beer Fest that took place this past Saturday the 5th was a resounding success. The event was thrown together hastily, with about three and a half weeks of planning, and in all 18 breweries were present and pouring beer—all versions … Continue reading
This has been the worst and deadliest fire season in California history, and the Camp Fire in the northern part of the state is still raging, with (at last report) 77 dead and nearly 1,000 people unaccounted for. More than 10,500 homes have been destroyed. The fire started on November … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday of the month once again so that means I’m drinking and writing for another round of The Session! You know the drill: collaborative beer blogging, we write on a common theme suggested by this month’s host, who will then roundup all the entries so we can … Continue reading
Seeing press releases for the Portland Fruit Beer Festival next month puts me in the mood to review some fruit beers for this week’s Tuesday Tastings. Coalition Brewing Space Fruit IPA Space Fruit is Portland, Oregon-based Coalition’s entry into the citrus-infused India Pale Ale trend. This year’s version is currently … Continue reading
News broke today that Lagunitas Brewing has filed a legal complaint against Sierra Nevada Brewing, the heart of which is a trademark violation notice. From the Beer Street Journal: While the SweetWater/Lagunitas situation is behind us, Lagunitas and Sierra Nevada now have a new legal issue to sort out. This … Continue reading
Today is the penultimate day for the Beer Advent Calendar, and it does double duty as well—it’s my birthday! As is my habit each year for my birthday I choose an Advent beer that’s more for “me” than strictly for the holidays, a special beer to enjoy that I think everyone … Continue reading